Can You Score 20/20? Identify the Horror Movie from Its Deadly Curse Rules Trivia Quiz!

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Are you a true horror aficionado? Put your knowledge to the test with these 20 questions based on the chilling curse rules from iconic horror films. Ranging from classics to modern nightmares, see if you can name the movie every time!

20 Trivia Questions on Which Horror Movie Is This Based on Its Curse Rules

Question 1: You watch a creepy videotape and have exactly seven days to live unless you make a copy and pass it on to someone else?

A. Ringu
B. The Grudge
C. The Ring
D. One Missed Call

Question 2: A sexually-transmitted entity relentlessly pursues its victim at a walking pace until it is passed on or kills them?

A. It Follows
B. The Conjuring
C. Insidious
D. Paranormal Activity

Question 3: Saying this hook-handed killer’s name five times in front of a mirror summons him to slaughter you?

A. Beetlejuice
B. The Babadook
C. Insidious
D. Candyman

Question 4: Saying this striped-suited bio-exorcist’s name three times summons the mischievous poltergeist?

A. Candyman
B. Beetlejuice
C. The Bye Bye Man
D. Lights Out

Question 5: This entity only attacks in the darkness and vanishes instantly when lights are turned on?

A. Lights Out
B. The Ring
C. It Follows
D. The Grudge

Question 6: To avoid madness and death, you must never say his name aloud, think it, or look at his picture?

A. Candyman
B. Beetlejuice
C. The Bye Bye Man
D. Sinister

Question 7: After surviving a disaster via premonition, death crafts elaborate accidents to claim you?

A. The Final Destination
B. Happy Death Day
C. Truth or Dare
D. Final Destination

Question 8: After wronging a fortune teller, you endure three days of torment before being dragged to Hell?

A. Wish Upon
B. Drag Me to Hell
C. The Possession
D. Sinister

Question 9: Entering the house where murderous rage was born curses you to die horribly, spreading to others?

A. The Grudge
B. Dead Silence
C. Lights Out
D. The Conjuring

Question 10: This vengeful ventriloquist ghost rips out the tongues of those who scream upon hearing her voice?

A. Annabelle
B. The Boy
C. Dead Silence
D. The Ring

Question 11: Viewing these Super 8 snuff films curses your family to slaughter, with a demon claiming the child?

A. V/H/S
B. Sinister
C. One Missed Call
D. The Taking of Deborah Logan

Question 12: This music box grants seven wishes but kills your loved ones in gruesome ways for each one?

A. The Conjuring
B. Insidious
C. Oculus
D. Wish Upon

Question 13: A demon forces players into truth or dare; failing a command leads to brutal death?

A. Truth or Dare
B. The Gallows
C. Ouija
D. Smile

Question 14: Seeing someone unnaturally smile before suicide passes this entity-induced curse to you?

A. It Follows
B. The Bye Bye Man
C. Smile
D. Talk to Me

Question 15: Holding this embalmed hand for no more than 90 seconds summons spirits; longer risks full possession?

A. The Possession
B. Talk to Me
C. Dead Silence
D. Annabelle: Creation

Question 16: You’re trapped in a time loop on your birthday, murdered repeatedly until you unmask the killer?

A. Smile
B. Truth or Dare
C. The Final Destination
D. Happy Death Day

Question 17: Reciting passages from this Book of the Dead summons soul-swapping Deadites to possess the living?

A. Evil Dead
B. The Evil Dead
C. Necronomicon
D. Army of Darkness

Question 18: A missed phone call plays your own death screams, revealing the exact date and time you’ll die?

A. The Ring
B. Pulse
C. One Missed Call
D. Unfriended

Question 19: Failing to follow rules like keeping feet on the floor or saying ‘goodbye’ unleashes killer spirits from this board?

A. Paranormal Activity
B. Ouija
C. The Conjuring
D. Insidious

Question 20: To appease the doll Brahms and avoid his wrath, you must follow rules like feeding him and playing lullabies at specific times?

A. Annabelle
B. Dead Silence
C. M3GAN
D. The Boy

Answers

  1. C. The Ring – In The Ring (2002), Samara’s videotape curses viewers with death in seven days unless copied (unlike Ringu‘s similar but original Japanese version, or phone-based One Missed Call).
  2. A. It Follows – The 2014 film features a curse passed sexually, with the entity walking slowly to kill (not demonic houses like The Conjuring or Insidious).
  3. D. Candyman – Candyman (1992) summons the killer after five mirror chants (three for Beetlejuice, different entities in others).
  4. B. Beetlejuice – In Beetlejuice (1988), three utterances summon him (five for Candyman, name avoidance in others).
  5. A. Lights Out – Diana in Lights Out (2016) attacks only in dark (unlike pursuing entities in The Ring or It Follows).
  6. C. The Bye Bye Man – The 2017 film requires avoiding his name/thoughts/image (summoning via saying names in Candyman or Beetlejuice).
  7. D. Final Destination – The 2000 series has death’s Rube Goldberg kills post-premonition (time loop in Happy Death Day, game in others).
  8. B. Drag Me to Hell – The 2009 curse gives three hell-bound days (wish deaths in Wish Upon, box possession different).
  9. A. The Grudge – The Grudge (2004) spreads via the rage-house (doll rules in others, witch house in The Conjuring).
  10. C. Dead Silence – Mary Shaw in Dead Silence (2007) targets screamers with tongue removal (doll care in others).
  11. B. Sinister – Sinister (2012) uses films for Bughuul’s child possession (anthology in V/H/S, calls in others).
  12. D. Wish Upon – Wish Upon (2017) music box kills per wish (mirrors in Oculus, hauntings different).
  13. A. Truth or Dare – Truth or Dare (2018) demon enforces deadly game (board in Ouija, theater curse different).
  14. C. Smile – Smile (2022) passes via witnessed smiling suicide (walking in It Follows, hand in Talk to Me).
  15. B. Talk to Me – Talk to Me (2022) hand grip risks possession beyond 90 seconds (boxes/dolls different).
  16. D. Happy Death Day – Happy Death Day (2017) loops birthday murder (accidents in Final Destination).
  17. A. Evil Dead – Evil Dead (1981) Necronomicon summons Deadites (sequels vary slightly but core rule same).
  18. C. One Missed Call – One Missed Call (2008 remake) voicemails predict death (tapes in The Ring, internet ghosts different).
  19. B. Ouija – Ouija (2014) board demands rules like ‘goodbye’ or spirits kill (demons in others).
  20. D. The Boy – The Boy (2016) requires strict doll Brahms rules to prevent attacks (other dolls lack specific rituals).

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